Washington doctor and son drown - Cabo, Mexico

[DandyDon]

Nothing on usual news sites except that one has the same video, easier seen on youtube. It sounds like a family of six went together on an advanced dive. The Dr. Thomas Dyehouse mentioned in the video seems to be from Vancouver Washington.

 

[telemonster]

The internet is calling it a Scuba Diving Tour. Were they certified divers or on a experience SCUBA type thing?

 

[cephalopod2]

My understanding is that they were all certified. Gordo Banks is an advanced dive.

I am not able to stream currently so cannot tell whether this information is already covered in the link DandyDon posted but there is an article on the accident here Vancouver doctor, son die on scuba diving tour in Mexico. There were also 2 earlier brief articles in Spanish posted on a Baja news site.

 

[telemonster]

Ah, yea certified and separated from group:
Vancouver doctor, son die on scuba diving tour in Mexico

 

[scubafanatic]

No mention of what happened to cause the deaths though.

 

[scubadada]

Ah, yea certified and separated from group:
Vancouver doctor, son die on scuba diving tour in Mexico

Impossible to tell what happened based on the reporting. I wonder why they did not surface, and were found underwater?

 

[wgw04024]

I'm going to guess this is about all the information we're going to hear about this one.

 

[cephalopod2]

Are police reports on such incidents made public in Mexico? I was told the recovery divers had to give a report to the police.

 

[Scandi Divers]

Such sad news over Christmas, RIP to the divers.

 

[yle]

To put the dive site in perspective, this description of Gordo Banks is from the website of a local dive op:

"Gordo Banks is located 8-10 miles off-shore from San Jose del Cabo. There are different seamounts, while the top of one is approximately 120 feet, the other is at 180 feet.

The dive conditions at Gordo Banks can be quite challenging, due to the depth, strong currents, visibility and heavy seas. Therefore we require all divers (with less than 100 logged dives) to do a local 2 tank dive in the Cabo San Lucas marine park or at the Corridor prior to diving at Gordo Banks."

The emphasis was added by me. Seems like the kind of place where adverse factors can combine quickly.